Gate hinge



A. V. ROWE.

GATE HINGE.

APPLICATION FILED Ill/W31 I918.

1,316,062. Patented Sept. 16, 1919.

, citizen of the ALVIN V. ROWE, 01? GALESBURG, ILLINOIS.

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Specification of LettersP atent Patentedsept. 16, 1919,

Application filed May 3, 1918. Serial No. 232,234.

1 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known'that I, ALVIN V. Bows, a United States, and a resident of Galesburg, in the county of Knox and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Gate-Hinge, of which the following is a specification. p

The present invention relates to lower hinges for tiltable and elevatable farm gates, to operate harmoniously with the general class or character of upper hinges shown in the accompanying drawlngs but which is much more fully described and illustrated in my co-pending application Serial No. 221,171, filed March 18, 1918.

In this type of gates it becomes necessary to space the upper gate-board quite a little distance from the supporting post, the next lower post a little less distant and so on down to the lowermost board. I-Ieretofore, within my knowledge, no hinge has been devised which will bring the lowermost board very close-in fact, almost in contact with the post, and the result has been that pigs, hogs, sheep and other small animals crawl between the post and the adjacent ends of the gate-boards and into the wrong inclosure.

One ofthe principal objects of the invention is to provide a hinge possessing such structural features as will permit the inner end of the, lowermost gate-board to be brought very close to the supporting-post and, consequently, the inner end of the other boards to be brought correspondingly closer to the post.

Another object is to provide a lower hinge which will operate successfully in connection with most, if not all of the class of upper hinges hereinabove referred to.

Another object is to utilize the inner standard as the lower pintle, thus bringing the lower end thereof very close to the sup porting post. I

Still another object is to provide a novel adjusting element which functions also as a hinge-member.

Other objects will presently appear. Some of these will be obvious and some pointed out. I

The invention consists, substantially, in the improvements herein disclosed.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates a preferred embodiment of my inventionz Figure 1 is a side elevation of a gate embodying my improvements and in what may be termed its normal position; l

Fig. 2, a side elevation showing the gate in tilted position;

Fig. 3, a very slightly modified form,--the modification, however, being in the lower gate-board and not in the h1nge--shown in elevated position; i

Fig. 4, an enlarged transverse section,

taken in the plane of the line H in Fig.

Fetion.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 2 designates a supporting-post to which is secured a gate-hook 3 which is engaged by the hinge-rod a of the upper hinge disclosed in my co-pending application above referred to.

5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 designate the boards of a gate in which the usual vertically arranged 5 an enlarged detail in side elevastandards 10- and bolts and nuts 11 Or other securing means are employed to unite them. 12, 12 designate braces, and 13, 13 indicate the inclined pair of standards at the inner end of the gate.

14 denotes an eye-bolt the shank of which is suitably secured to the post.

15 indicates an adjusting and locking sleeve. Preferably it is a stamping or dieformed piece the opposite sides of which constitute channels 16 in which the standards 13 respectively seat. Its rear'portion or back comprises a pair of parallel jaws 17 united by a curved back-proper 18. At the upper portion of its longitudinally slitted front 19 is a pair of apertured tongues 20 which lie on opposite sides of the board 8 and secured thereto by bolts 21 and nuts 22. Each of the sides is provided with a series of cotterpin holes 23. The back is cutaway at 24 and 25 and the front at 26 and 27 sufliciently for the passages of the boards. In Fig. 5 the board 8 will be seen as resting on the shoulders 24: and 26 afforded by said cutaway portions, and in Fig. 1 the board 9 is restlng on the shoulders 25 and '27. 28' deslgnate rearwardly projecting lips one at the lower terminal of each check 17. When the lower ends of the standards 13 are united by means of the bolt or other securing means 31 and the coacting nut (not shown) drawn taut, the lips 28 will be forced tightly against and their tips forced somewhat into the wooden board 9 to thereby provide additional means for holding the sleeve 15 in position. I

29 designates a ring or washer and 30 a cotter pin.

In Fig. 1 the gate is shown 1n 1ts normally closed and lowermost position. In order to position it as shOWn in Flg. 2all that is required is to lift it to that positlon and then free it, for any of the manyupperhinges adapted for this purpose will operate, and the element 15 will slide upwardly through the eye of the bolt 14 and the opening in the washer 29. The web ofthe latter is preferably quite wide, in order, first, that it may turn freely on top of the bolt 14, and secondly, that it may furnish a firm support for the cotter. Attention is called at this time to the fact that in general cross-section the sleeve 15 is circular in order, primarily, that it may turn freely in the eye-bolt and washer.

In order to position the gate as shown in Fig. 8 it is necessary to cut away a small corner-piece from the board 9, as shown best at 34, Fig. 5. When the operator has raised the gate to the desired positionthe element 15 sliding, as above described, through the eye-bolt and washer-he will insert the cotter-pin or any other suitable means through one of the holes 23, or through registering ones thereof. The cotter will rest on the upper face of the washer and the weight of the gate will come upon the eye-bolt 14:-

In any of the positions shown in the drawings the gate will swing with the greatest of freedom. I wish, in this connection, to call particular attention to the fact that the standards 13 constitute the lower pintle, and that the element 15 is a sleeve whereby the gate may be locked in selective elevated position by means of the apertures 23 and cotter 30.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new the following, to-wit:

1. In a gate of the type described, a supporting-post, a gate-body comprising gateboards and a pair of inclined standards uniting them, means for hinging the inner upper portion of the gate-body to the post, an eye-bolt, constituting a lower hinge-momber, secured to the lower part of the post, and an adj listing-element embracing said inclined standards and passing through the eye of the eye-bolt.

2. In a gate of the type described, a supportingpost, a gate-body comprising gateboards and a pair of inclined standards uniting them, means for hinging the inner upper portion of the gate-body to the post, an eye-bolt, constituting a lower hingemember, secured to the lower part of the post, an adjusting-element embracing said inclined standards and passing through the eye of the eye-bolt, and means for locking the adjusting element in selective position relative to the eye-bolt.

3. In gates of the character described, a supporting-post, a gate-body including gateboards and a pair of inclined standards uniting them, means for hinging the upper portion of the gate-body to the post, an adj Listing-sleeve embracing said standards and secured to one of the gate-boards, said sleeve provided near its upper portion with shoulders on which one of the gate-boards may rest and near its lower portion with shoulders adapted to rest upon another gateboard, and a ring-like lower hinge-member secured to the post and cooperating with the sleeve.

t. In gates of the nature described, a supporting-post, a gate-body including gateboards and a pair of standards uniting them, means for hinging the upper portion of the gate-body to the post, an adjustingsleeve embracing said standards and secured to the gate-body, and a ring-like lower hinge-member secured to the post and in which the sleeve is adapted to rotate.

5. In gates of the nature described, a supporting-post, a gate-body including gateboards and a pair of standards uniting them, means for hinging the upper portion of the gate-body to the post, an adjustingsleeve embracing said standards and secured to the gatebody, a ring-like lower hingemember secured to the post and in which the sleeve is adapted to rotate, and means for locking the adjusting sleeve in selective elevated positions relative to the ring-like member.

6. In gates of the nature described, a supporting-post, a gate-body including gateboards and a pair of standards uniting their inner ends, means for hinging the upper portion of the gate-body to the post, an adusting sleeve embracing said standards and secured to the gate-body, said sleeve provided at its rear side With a cutaway portion 5 boards, means for causing one of said standards to press said tongue against said board,

a ring-like lower hinge-member secured to which the sleeve may rothe post and in for locking the sleeve in tate, and means vertically ring-like hinge-member.

In Witness whereof I hereunto sign my name this 27th day of April 1918.

ALVIN V. ROWE.

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